DMU (Digital Mock-Up) Engineer

Who we are

The role

The day-to-day

• Build, maintain and govern the complete DMU for complex drone systems, performing regular clash, clearance and interference analyses across structural, mechanical and electrical subsystems, and driving the resolution of spatial conflicts before they reach hardware 

• Organise and lead cross-functional 3D design reviews using the DMU as the authoritative integration baseline, providing quantitative assessments of design maturity that directly inform programme milestone decisions 

• Ensure accurate space allocation, packaging and routing integration for wiring harnesses, piping and payloads within the vehicle envelope, simulating virtual assembly sequences to validate tool accessibility and maintainability for production and field operations 

• Track, analyse and report critical physical vehicle properties, including weight, centre of gravity and mass inertia, providing stakeholders with timely, accurate data that informs configuration trade-off decisions 

• Define, enforce and document 3D modelling standards, DMU methodologies and data quality requirements across engineering teams, ensuring CAD and PLM environments remain coherent and audit-ready throughout the programme lifecycle 

You should apply if you

• Have owned DMU management and 3D packaging integration for complex aerospace or defence systems, using advanced CAD and PLM tools such as Siemens NX/Teamcenter VisMockup, CATIA or SolidWorks/PDM 

• Have resolved complex electro-mechanical packaging, tolerancing and routing challenges in constrained vehicle envelopes, with a clear understanding of assembly processes and manufacturing limitations 

• Have tracked weight, balance and centre-of-gravity properties for flight vehicles, translating physical vehicle data into actionable configuration recommendations 

• Can define and enforce 3D modelling standards across multidisciplinary engineering teams, building organisational rigour into DMU workflows rather than applying governance retrospectively 

• Act decisively with minimal guidance, own outcomes end-to-end and initiate solutions without waiting for direction 

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Nice to Have

• Experience reporting integration risk and DMU status to senior programme stakeholders, translating complex spatial conflict data into clear, decision-ready summaries 

• Familiarity with virtual maintainability and assembly sequence validation in support of field operations and production engineering teams 

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields 

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

What we offer

• Competitive salary and VSOP options

• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation

• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance

• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)

• Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances

• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers

• Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

• A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labelled “Infraduction”), in which you will be building tooling and applications to be used across the company. This is your opportunity to learn our tech stack, explore the company, and learn how we get things done - all whilst working with other engineering teams from day one 

Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.